The flowers of the lilies vary immensely in most particulars. There are always three sepals, three petals, and six stamens. The flowers are either solitary, or there may be two or three or many borne in a pyramidal inflorescence. The flowers are borne terminally on the stalk. It is upon the characters of the flowers that the classification of the genus is based.
The fruit is a six-sided capsule, and the seeds are flat with broad membranous wings.
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[OUR PUZZLE POEM REPORT: AN IDEAL GARDEN.]
SOLUTION.
An Ideal Garden.
A garden like a room should be,